National Small Board 2001: results

Tournament Name:

British Small Board

Tournament Date:

14 October 2001

There were 17 players this year at the Small
Board Championships in Cambridge.

Just like last year, the tournament was played in a mixed format. The higher ranked players
started off in an even game tournament for the championship; once they
were eliminated by losing two games they joined the other players in the
handicap section.

The biggest surprise in the even game tournament happened in round 1 when Malcolm Hagan 4-kyu won against Tim Hunt. The overall result was not such a surprise - John Rickard won all his games in the even game event to take the title.

In the handicap tournament, the top players were two juniors - Shawn Hearn from Berkshire Youth and Paul Blockley from Worcester. They both ended on 7 points.

No

Name

Club

Grade

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Wins

1

John Rickard

Cambridge

4-dan

5+

4+

3+

19-

15+

3+

17+

18+

7-

7

2

Tim Hunt

Milton Keynes

2-dan

19-

16+

4+

3-

18-

17-

BYE

8+

9+

4

3

Simon Goss

Berks

2-dan

15+

17+

1-

2+

8+

1-

9-

BYE

12-

4

15

Mike Charles

St Albans

2-dan

3-

6+

5+

17+

1-

12+

8+

7-

18-

5

4

Tony Atkins

Reading

2-dan

16+

1-

2-

BYE

17+

6+

18-

19-

5-

3

5

Paul Margetts

Epsom Downs

1-dan

1-

19+

15-

9+

6+

8+

12-

17-

4+

5

16

Matthew Woodcraft

Cambridge

1-dan

4-

2-

9+

7-

19+

BYE

6-

14=

8+

4

17

Matthew Reid

Cambridge

2-kyu

6+

3-

19+

15-

4-

2+

1-

5+

13-

4

6

Edward Blockley

Worcester

2-kyu

17-

15-

7-

8+

5-

4-

16+

13+

14+

4

19

Malcolm Hagan

Portsmouth

4-kyu

2+

5-

17-

1+

16-

14-

13+

4+

BYE

4

18

Joe Walker

Cambridge

6-kyu

12-

9+

8=

13+

2+

7-

4+

1-

15+

5

7

Shawn Hearn

Berks

8-kyu

13+

12-

6+

16+

BYE

18+

14+

15+

1+

7

8

William Brooks

Cambridge

8-kyu

14+

13-

18=

6-

3-

5-

15-

2-

16-

1

9

Ben Morris

Cambridge

10-kyu

BYE

18-

16-

5-

14+

13+

3+

12-

2-

3

12

Paul Blockley

Worcester

20-kyu

18+

7+

BYE

14+

13+

15-

5+

9+

3+

7

13

Oscar John

Cambridge

24-kyu

7-

8+

14+

18-

12-

9-

19-

6-

17+

3

14

Annie Hall

Berks

31-kyu

8-

BYE

13-

12-

9-

19+

7-

16=

6-

2

There was also a casual 9x9 beginners tournament for juniors. There were ten players and
the top three places were all taken by pupils from King's School, Cambridge. They were:

1st - Richard Vanneck - 7 wins

2nd - Zach Roney - 5 wins

3rd - Venice van Someren - 4 wins

I'm pleased to report that two of these prizewinners chose a copy of Matthew Macfadyen's
Go Pack for their prize instead of a box of sweets!

There was also a Go problems competition for the juniors. The puzzles were clearly too
easy, or else children these days are too clever, because there were 11 completely correct
entries. The EGF President randomly selected the winner, who turned out to be 8-year-old
Harry Marsh, again from King's School, Cambridge.

Thanks are due to Tony Atkins for doing most of the draw, to Simon Goss for taking a
picture of anything that moved in the vicinity of a Go board, and especially to Lindsay
House and Sophie Smiley who ran an excellent food and drink stall
throughout the day.